Tobago Cycling Classic

The Tobago Cycling Classic is a one-day road bicycle race held annually in Tobago, the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean.

Tobago Cycling Classic
Race details
DateOctober
RegionTobago
Local name(s)Tobago Cycling Classic
Nickname(s)Tobago International
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI America Tour (1.2)
TypeOne day race
Web sitewww.trinbagowheelers.com/content Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1986 (1986)
Editions31 (as of 2017)
First winner Emile Abraham (TRI)
Most wins Emile Abraham (TRI) (3)
Most recent Peter Schulting (NED)

Created in 1986, at the beginning of October, for many years the race only featured local cyclists, but in 2000 opened to international riders. Formerly a stage race, since 2011 the race has been included on the UCI America Tour's calendar, carrying a one-day UCI rating of 1.2, and is also referred to as Tobago International.

Past winners

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Year Country Rider Team
2001   Trinidad and Tobago Emile Abraham
2002   Trinidad and Tobago Emile Abraham
2003   Trinidad and Tobago Emile Abraham
2004   United States John Lieswyn Health Net–Maxxis
2005   Serbia Ivan Stević Aerospace Engineering Pro Equipe
2006   Canada Bruno Langlois AEG Toshiba-Jetnetwork Pro Cycling Team
2007   Germany Andreas Henig Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei
2008   New Zealand Heath Blackgrove Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team
2009   Great Britain Peter Williams CandiTV-Marshalls Pasta
2010   Canada James Sparling Canada -Team Exustar
2011   Austria Riccardo Zoidl RC Arbö–Gourmetfein–Wels
2012   Barbados Darren Matthews Barbados Cycling Union
2013   Colombia Jaime Ramírez Team Coco's
2014   Colombia Óscar Pachon Team Coco's
2015   Dominican Republic Adderlyn Cruz Inteja–MMR Dominican Cycling Team
2016   Canada James Piccoli PSL/RBC
2017   Netherlands Peter Schulting PSL

References

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